Massachusetts

Colin MacNaught, Massachusetts deputy treasurer for debt management for the past four years, is leaving the commonwealth on March 31.

Massachusetts Department of Revenue operative Sean Cronin will be the state overseer for Lawrence, budget Secretary Kristen Lepore announced.

Boston think tank Pioneer Institute launched the MassAnalysis online tool that provides fiscal information about Massachusetts cities and towns.

Gov. Charlie Baker’s proposed early retirement incentive would increase Massachusetts’ unfunded pension liability and could hurt its bond rating, said state Treasurer Deborah Goldberg.

Gov. Charlie Baker has filed legislation to allocate $200 million in funds to Massachusetts cities and towns for local transportation infrastructure improvements.

The Massachusetts Development Finance Agency hired John Markowitz as vice president for infrastructure finance to expand its investment banking team's infrastructure financing capabilities.

Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker's proposed $38 billion budget projects $1.6 billion savings in Medicare expenses and establishes an MBTA weather resiliency fund.

The Massachusetts Development Finance Agency issued $95.5 million tax-exempt bonds for six Boston affordable housing development projects.

The snow and deep freeze that pummeled Massachusetts incapacitated the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, pushing the embarrassed transit agency into a harsh national glare.

Gov. Charlie Baker is forming a panel to investigate the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority in the aftermath of its storm-related struggles.

A tax increase to help fix Greater Boston's crippled mass transit system is not in the works, said Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker.

Municipal bond issuance volume in the Northeast was little changed in 2014, rising 1% from 2013 volume as issuers weighed low interest rates against their ongoing fiscal challenges.

Beverly Scott abruptly quit as general manager of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, the storm-besieged agency that operates the Greater Boston subway and commuter rail system, after the MBTA's poor performance in recent snowstorms.

Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker named Mike Heffernan as his designee to the Pension Reserves Investment Management board, which oversees the $60 billion pension fund.

Massachusetts officials focused on public safety amid the state's third big snowstorm in two weeks. Sifting through the finances will come later.

Massachusetts Treasurer Deborah Goldberg appointed 20-year public finance veteran Ruth Ellen Fitch to serve on the Pension Reserves Investment Management Board.

Gov. Charlie Baker spelled out $514 million in spending cuts to help Massachusetts seal a $768 million budget gap for fiscal 2015.

State Treasurer Deborah Goldberg wants lawmakers to increase the Massachusetts lottery advertising budget by 25% to offset casino competition.

Massachusetts Treasurer Deborah Goldberg, who took office Jan. 21, named five deputy treasurers.

A major Northeast winter storm caused issuers to postpone about $1.7 billion of bond sales , including a $1 billion Pennsylvania GO offering.